
What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT
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"Microsoft is very excited to be working with Digital on the deployment of Windows NT into the marketplace.   Digital has the most experience not only with mission-critical applications, but also putting together large networks and the kind of support capabilities that customers demand.
We are not only working with Digital on the product side of the technology, but also with the assets that Digital has built up in its field organization."

Bill Gates
Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation


From Digital Windows NT Announcement Press Release May 25, 1993


What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   "Windows NT is going to be very important in the department and work 
   group arenas and, with the speed of the Alpha AXP chip, it is an 
   optimal platform for departmental systems.  
   
   As more and more people start downsizing, departmental computing is 
   going to become even more important. 
   
   We think it is strategic to be on platforms, such as Alpha AXP and 
   Windows NT, that are best suited for work group and departmental 
   computing. With the distributed capabilities of our database, people 
   can scale on departmental and work group servers and grow those 
   systems without modifying the application."  
   
   Tom Hammergren, Director of Product Marketing
   CinCom Systems, Inc.


What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   "We're thrilled at the prospects offered by the combination of 
   Microsoft Windows NT and Digital Alpha AXP technologies.  It's like 
   having a super computer in a shoe box."
   
   "We are impressed by the stability and consistency with the other 
   Windows NT platforms.  We were able to rebuild Hamilton C shell (TM)
   for the Alpha AXP system in only 10 hours.  It worked immediately."
   
   "It looks to me like Alpha AXP may be the first processor architecture 
   that can challenge Intel's hegemony."
   
   Doug Hamilton, President
   Hamilton Laboratories
   
   Hamilton C shell is a trademark of Hamilton Laboratories.


What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   I've used systems costing two to three times more than the Alpha AXP 
   PC that don't equal its performance.

   "There is a very nice affinity between Alpha AXP PC, Windows NT, and 
   our computer-aided design applications. They provide a very powerful 
   and cost effective solution for front end engineering. 
   
   Recompiling for the Alpha AXP Windows NT platform is very 
   straightforward.  We literally did it over night."
   
   Doug Fosdick, Design View Product Manager
   Computervision Corporation
   


What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   "Recompiling for the Alpha AXP Windows NT platform is straightforward, 
   and we see significant improvements in floating point performance--an 
   essential feature of visual data analysis for high performance users.
   
   Windows NT is sufficiently powerful  and Alpha AXP has the horsepower 
   our  high performance users need. For the first time, we can move 
   PV-WAVE (TM) onto a PC."
   
   Dr. Shawn Javid
   Project Leader NT Development
   Visual Numerics, Inc.
   
   PV-WAVE is a trademark of Visual Numerics, Inc.
   
   

What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   "Recompiling SlickEdit (TM) for Alpha AXP Windows NT was a breeze. I mean 
   it was simple.
   
   If you've recompiled for one platform, then it's  very easy to 
   recompile for Alpha AXP.  
   
   I can tell the Alpha AXP PC is a powerful machine because the compiles 
   are very fast.   That's one way a programmer judges the power of a 
   machine."
   
   Clark Maurer, President                                                
   Micro Edge, Inc.
   
   SlickEdit is a trademark of Micro Edge, Inc.

   

What Leaders are Saying 
About the DECpc AXP 150 and Windows NT  (Continued)
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   "The Digital Alpha AXP platform offers the best performance available 
   in a desktop environment.  In initial tests of Hyperion (R), our 
   Microsoft Windows-based business reporting software, the application 
   ran four times faster on the Alpha AXP PC than on Intel 486 machines.  
   We also found that porting Hyperion for Windows NT from Intel machines 
   to the Alpha AXP platform was absolutely painless."
   
   Dave Morehead, Director of Research, IMRS
   


   Microsoft and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
   Alpha and AXP are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

